Chapter 1078 [You are going to kill yourself]
The Lakers' lineup is not the biggest problem. The more troublesome thing is that they have not confirmed the head coach in August.
Byron Scott's contract has expired, and no one in Los Angeles likes him. Last month, his mansion in Hermosa Beach in Los Angeles was patronized by several thieves. The police couldn't solve the case and seemed too lazy to investigate.
The suspect took some of Scott's watches, guns and a lot of Scott's girlfriend's high-end bags and shoes, and it's unclear how they got into Scott's home.
There are no big-name coaches in the free market for the Lakers to choose from. Any coach with a little reputation has a job, and it is even harder to find a coach with championship experience.
If there were many good coaches, the Rockets would have driven away "refrigerator" Kevin Mike Hale, and the Rockets led by him would not be able to enter the playoffs for several years.
Players like Jason Kidd who have just retired have easily found jobs and are currently coaching the Bucks. The Cavaliers have hired a coach directly in Europe, and David Blatt may not be very reliable.
Some old coaches can't keep up with the trend of the times and their tactics are outdated.
Jeff Hornersek, who is relatively young and has experience in coaching, has no record. He coached for two seasons with the Jazz and went straight to the No. 1 pick. Now the Jazz has enabled Quinn Schneider.
There is also an inexperienced "Old Fish" Derek Fisher who recommends himself to be the Lakers' head coach, and Kupchek lets him go as far as he can.
As a result, after seeing the news, Guo Xu took the initiative to contact Kupchek to solve the Lakers' problem. "Didn't the team's assistant coach Taylon Lu not leave? Let him be the head coach next season."
"What?" Kupchek suspected that Guo Xu was pretending.
He had been hasty enough to choose his teammates before, and he had no requirements, and the team's lineup could be accepted. Now he can't even look at the coaching issue a little more sloppy?
Tyrone Lu, who is Earth One, has no outstanding performance in his career as a player, nor has he been surpassed by Iverson. He was able to become the Lakers' assistant coach entirely because the management thanked him for his feat of replacing Guo Xu alone and helping the Lakers establish a dynasty.
Guo Xu's reason is very simple. "Anyway, there is no better choice, so let's go. He has been an assistant coach for so many years and must have coaching experience."
Tyrone Lou announced his retirement in 2009, and then he followed Doug Rivers as an assistant coach for four years with the Celtics and was hired by the Lakers as chief assistant coach.
"Aren't you kidding me?" Kupchek smiled bitterly.
"No, how interesting I cooperated with the person who replaced me alone back then. Everyone must want to see it." Guo Xu paused for a moment and said with a smile: "If you want the team to be more gimmick, I have another suggestion that it can make the Lakers' ratings higher."
“What suggestions?”
"How about using Spurs female assistant coach Becky Harmon as the first assistant coach? She is good at arranging point guard tactics. She probably has been training with the Spurs for a year and she also understands the Spurs' defensive system."
"How can we play well if our coaching staff has no experience next season?" Kupchek said.
"It's very simple. Just think of more solutions on the defensive end and leave it to me on the offensive end." Guo Xu said confidently.
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Kupchek saw that Guo Xu just wanted to find a puppet coach who would not object to the objection. He would do whatever he said, and fight whatever he wanted. Tyronlu just needs to do a good job of "changing personnel".
There are many NBA players, including those who are not trained or those who are defensive to their teammates. Kupchek, who is so straightforward as Guo Xu, meets Kupchek for the first time.
As for signing Becky, Kupuchik was speechless. Isn’t that the famous female pot secret of wnba?
Becky Harmon is a 168cm point guard and a die-hard fan of Guo Xu. Since Guo Xu joined the Suns in 2002, she has been paying attention to everything about Guo Xu.
She was four years older than Guo Xu. She boldly expressed her love in an interview. She imitated Guo Xu's style of playing basketball, and once went to Phoenix to watch Guo Xu's game and asked for a photo.
Before Guo Xu exposed the essence of luoli control, there was a rumor between the two, but they were not as rumored as Britney and Avril. Fans didn't believe that Guo Xu would find a girlfriend in the basketball circle. What do they do if they fell in love? Do they practice real ball play?
In addition to being Guo Xu's rumored girlfriend, Becky also had a controversial experience. In 2008, because she was not selected for the American women's basketball team, Becky chose to become a Russian citizen and represented the Russian women's basketball team in the Beijing Olympics. In the bronze medal battle, she helped the Russian team defeat the Chinese team.
Last season, she became the first female assistant coach in NBA history.
Guo Xu told Kupchek that this could increase the Lakers' ratings in the new season and make the game more gimmick. The truth is that when he was in the New York time cycle of Earth Three, Becky was there, and they had a while.
On Earth One, they didn't say much, they just knew each other. Guo Xu felt that since the assistant coach didn't know who to look for, it would be better to let her try it.
Becky has been selected into the wnba All-Star lineup six times in his career, 2 times in the wnba All-Star team, 2 times in the 2nd team, and became the assisting king of wnba in 2007 and was selected into the 15th superstar in wnba history in 2011.
She has no understanding of basketball tactics than men, and almost became the new coach of the Pistons in 2018.
After Kupchek communicated with Guo Xu, he chatted with Jim Bass. The two decided to contact an experienced coach first and try it out. If there was really no one to choose, then follow what Guo Xu said.
A week later, Kupchek recommended two people to Guo Xu.
One is Scott Brooks, and Guo Xu directly rejected it.
"What's the point of asking for this person? The Thunder has no tactics, it's just a single. I can just play singles without a coach."
The other is Steve Cole, an assistant coach in the Suns, who is familiar with running and shooting. The disadvantage is that Cole was accidentally injured and had an operation after the end of the season. He was unable to follow the team at the beginning of next season.
Guo Xu thought about it and rejected it. It really doesn't matter if the ball is in his hands. Cole is a person who likes to rotate players. When he comes, Guo Xu will definitely not be able to play for the next season.
If he averaged less than 35 minutes per game, how beautiful would the data be?
Guo Xu is ready to swipe data in the regular season next season, strive to break historical records, and want to play for more than 40 minutes.
Iverson averaged 42 minutes in the 2000-01 season, scoring 31.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.5 steals. His shooting percentage was 42% whispered by fans until now. I guess he will be able to play for the rest of his life in the future. Guo Xu wants to see what he can play in 42 minutes. His goal is to average 50 points per game. Unless his teammates are empty, he doesn't plan to pass the ball.
On Earth Six, Wang Jun's goal is to average 50 points per game in a single season. They agreed that if they have the chance to see each other again, it will see who can do it first. Later, Wang Jun found that this bet is completely meaningless. He couldn't see Guo Xu's affairs on Earth One, and Guo Xu could not expose it even if he brags directly.
On August 20, the Lakers, who had no better choice, announced that Tyrone Lu would become the head coach of the team next season, and Becky Harmon became the first assistant coach, which was a furious online.
Many fans are dissatisfied with the operation of the Lakers' management, thinking that they are cheating Guo Xu and scolding Kupchek and Jim Bass for being brainless. Tyronlu is a cheating guy when he is a player. Becky has just been an assistant coach in the Spurs for a year. She is not qualified to sit on the sidelines during the game.
Jenny Bass also came to see his younger brother and said that he was messing around. Jim was innocent and he just did it according to Guo Xu's request.
Guo Xu accepted an interview with a reporter and admitted that he agreed, and made the headlines again, and the fans' tone changed.
Chapter completed!